Distance: 9 Miles
Elevation Range: 95 to 179 feet
Difficulty: Easy
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Route Card: Framlingham Castle & Pound Farm Woodlands Circular Walk

The Time of Singing is a Story set in the 12th Century by Elizabeth Chadwick. Ida de Tosney a young mistress of King Henry II falls in love with Roger Bigod, a knight attempting to restore his family fortunes after his fathers treachery resulted in the loss of his title and lands. Roger Bigod is successful and marries Ida de Tosney who joins him as the rebuilding of Framlingham Castle began.

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A warm breeze blew, so warm it was like a summer’s day. The trees were not fooled though with most of them in mid change spreading new colour throughout the landscape as you can see in the photos.

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NB: My computer did this to the map, I would never treat a map with such irreverence

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I am reading The Time of Singing by Elizabeth Chadwick which mentions Framlingham Castle and Roger Bigod, a Lord that once lived there. I took these pictures a few weeks ago. Having visited the place before reading the book has added an interesting dynamic to the experience.

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